Chennai, Oct 23 (UNI) In a major fillip to the industrial development amid the

COVID-19 pandemic, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami

today launched commercial operations of nine firms and laid the foundation

stone for nine new projects, involving a total investment of Rs 11,360.20 crore

and offering 16,545 jobs.

An official release here said the seven projects which launched commercial

operations were :

--Wheels India manufacturing facility (Rs 500 crore investmnet, 1800 jobs),

--Finland's Salcomp mobile accessories unit part of reviving Nokia factory

(Rs 500 crore, 5,600 jobs)

--Phase-1 of Dindigul Renewal Energy Private Limited by Kalpathi AGS Group

(Rs 70 crore, 150 jobs),

--Power Gear's electric parts manufacturing facility (Rs 37 crore, 90 jobs),

--Mudhra Fine Blan c's motor vehicle spare parts unit (Rs 12.7 crore, 100 jobs),

--Nash Industries India Limited's motor vehicle spare part sunit (56.5 crore, 100 jobs)

--BBL Daido's Shell bearings and bushings making unit IRs 22 crore, 39 jobs).

The nine projects for which foundation stone was laid were :

--Hyundai Motor Training Centre (Rs 150 crore),

--Vikram Solar's dolar Module/Cell manufacturing facility (Rs 5,512 crore, 4,738 jobs)

--Integrated Chennai Business Park's Logistics Park (Rs 1,000 cr, 1100 jobs),

--Phase-2 of Dindigul Renewal Energy Private Limited by Kalpathi AGS Group

(Rs 300 crore, 500 jobs),

--Shreevari Energy Systems' windmill and thermal power proejct (Rs 250 crore, 228 jobs)

--Chennai SSSS Equipments' Earth breaking equipments manufacturing facility

(Rs 50 crore, 400 jobs),

--Adani's City Gas distribution scheme in four districts (Rs 2,000 crore, 1000 jobs),

--Philips Carbon Black's project (Rs 600 crore, 300 jobs),

--Aquasub Engineering's pumps making unit (Rs 200 crore, 400 jobs).

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